For Boston institution, closing credits roll

Seeded on Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:09 AM EDT (The Boston Globe)

For nearly 35 years, or almost half of his life, Doyle has been the smiling face behind the bar at Cheers - the Beacon Hill pub that inspired the TV show with the same name in the early 1980s. As one of Boston's last fabled bartenders, he served drinks and advice for five decades.

us-news, cheers, economy

The State of the Web 2008

Seeded on Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:01 AM EST (webdirections.org)

Welcome to this detailed report from our first "State of the Web" survey of professional web designers and developers.

technology, internet, web, web-design, web-development, state-of-the-web

Mobile Gold

Seeded on Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:00 AM EST (tbray.org)

Today I read Rob Scoble's lucid and forceful Smartphone competition; it clarified a growing internal buzz I've been feeling as I experiment with Android and follow the news. We are, right now in early 2009, sliding into the golden age of mobile technology and business.

technology, mobile-technology, smartphone, phone, apple, nokia, microsoft, palm, android, rim

Blockbuster ramping up in VOD space

Seeded on Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:49 AM EST (hollywoodreporter.com)

Taking a page from Netflix, Blockbuster is set to announce today a partnership with Sonic Solutions for building VOD capabilities into a variety of consumer electronics devices.

entertainment, blockbuster, video-on-demand, netflix

Critics Q&A with Kevin Reilly: 'Fringe,' 'Dollhouse,' 'Truth,' NBC, more

Seeded on Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:45 AM EST (thrfeed.com)

On placing "Dollhouse" on Friday nights: "Joss Whedon does a certain kind of show. He's right in the zone again on that. It's the kind of show that we know has a core passionate audience. In some other scheduling scenarios there could be enormous pressure on it ...

entertainment, joss-whedon, dollhouse, bones, fringe, fox, prison-break, television

I Can Haz Community?

Seeded on Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:43 AM EST (Vitamin)

Ben Huh from I Can Has Cheeseburger gives you 15 top tips on how to take your community to the next level, one user at a time.

technology, web-development, social-networking, online-community, internet, web, community, users

Majel Roddenberry, widow of 'Trek' creator, dies

Seeded on Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:23 AM EST (msnbc.com)

Majel Barrett Roddenberry, "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry's widow who nurtured the legacy of the seminal science fiction TV series after his death, has died. She was 76.

entertainment, star-trek, roddenberry, sci-fi, television, movies

Dangerous liaisons

Seeded on Fri Dec 5, 2008 10:15 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

If only Meyer had taken Buffy as her template. If only she had used that groundbreaking series as her foundation and built on it. If only there was a Whedonesque intelligence and modern, feminist sensibility informing Twilight and its successors. If only.

entertainment, twilight, stephine-meyer, buffy, movies

As genocide raged, general's pleas for help ignored

Seeded on Wed Dec 3, 2008 5:59 PM EST (CNN)

In 1993, Romeo Dallaire was full of hope for the future of Rwanda. The Canadian lieutenant general and son of a soldier was about to take up the biggest command of his career -- leading United Nations peacekeepers in the central African nation.

politics, rwanda, genocide, united-nations, peacekeeping, hutu, tutsi

NBC gives Life a full season

Seeded on Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:32 PM EST (TV Squad)

NBC has given a full season order to Life, the quirky detective show that seems to be on a different night each week. It started the season on Mondays at 10, and we've seen it on both Fridays and Wednesdays.

entertainment, life, nbc, television, tv

Dollhouse start date - WTF?

Seeded on Fri Nov 7, 2008 10:28 AM EST (TV Squad)

Last night, we received a press release with a bunch of mid-season start dates, including Joss Whedon's Dollhouse, which is scheduled to begin on Friday, February 13, 2009.

entertainment, dollhouse, joss-whedon, television, fox, tv

Criminal Minds: The Audition

Seeded on Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:17 AM EDT (wilwheaton.typepad.com)

Working on Criminal Minds was one of the greatest experiences of my professional life. Over the next couple of days, I'm going to publish a series of posts here, in which I will attempt to document, as accurately and thoroughly as possible, what it was like to work on the show.

entertainment, wil-wheaton, criminal-minds, cbs, television, tv

Fox orders full season of 'Sarah Connor'

Seeded on Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:37 PM EDT (Variety.com)

"Terminator" is far from being terminated. Fox has just given a full-season order to "Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles." Cast and crew were informed of the decision late Friday.

entertainment, terminator-sarah-connor-chronoicles, terminator, television, fox

'The Mentalist' Divines a Full Season

Seeded on Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:07 AM EDT (Zap2it.com)

It didn't take a psychic, real or fake, to predict that CBS would give a full-season order to its new hit, "The Mentalist."

entertainment, cbs, television, the-mentalist

Misha Collins: Supernatural's Warrior Angel

Seeded on Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:23 AM EDT (sfuniverse.com)

"These days angels are popularly depicted as fluffy-winged, cherubic beings, like little tooth fairies and that does not sound interesting to me.

entertainment, television, tv, supernatural, misha-collins, castiel, the-cw

Supernatural: Lazarus Rising

Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:25 AM EDT

When we last left the Winchester boys Dean was dead and stranded in hell leaving Sam as the last Winchester standing.

Continue reading this entry ...

entertainment, supernatural, jensen-ackles, jared-padalecki, the-cw, television, tv

Meet the Stargate Universe team!

Seeded on Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:51 PM EDT (gateworld.net)

Casting calls have gone out for the third series' main characters, and today the short character break-downs arrived at GateWorld.

entertainment, stargate, stargate-universe, sci-fi, television, tv

Shocked fans hope for ghost hunter's return to 'Supernatural'

Seeded on Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:17 AM EDT (macon.com)

It's always a gutsy move when a popular TV show kills off one of its stars. But when the show has only two lead characters to begin with, it seems downright crazy.

entertainment, supernatural, television, the-cw, sera-gamble

100 Reasons Why McCain Won't Be President of the United States

Seeded on Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:29 AM EDT (gedblog.com)

For years I greatly admired Senator John McCain. He had a reputation for being a political maverick and seemed to vote with his conscience instead of with his party.

politics, republical, election-2008, john-mccain

The Eternal Value of Privacy

Seeded on Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:37 PM EDT (Wired News)

The most common retort against privacy advocates -- by those in favor of ID checks, cameras, databases, data mining and other wholesale surveillance measures -- is this line: "If you aren't doing anything wrong, what do you have to hide?"

politics, privacy, human-rights, essay

'Stargate' stays open at Sci Fi

Seeded on Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:49 AM EDT (hollywoodreporter.com)

Sci Fi Channel isn't about to let down "Stargate" fans. The network is set to announce the order of a new series from MGM Television, "Stargate: Universe," that will mark the third entry in Sci Fi's longest-running original series franchise.

entertainment, scifi, stargate, stargate-universe, mgm

Parents of 12-Year-Old Vegan Girl Who Has Degenerative Condition May Face Charges

Seeded on Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:33 PM EDT (FOXNews.com)

The parents of a 12-year-old girl in Scotland brought up by her parents on a strict vegan diet might face police after she landed in the hospital with a degenerative bone condition that apparently left her with the spine of an 80-year-old woman.

health, vegan, child-abuse, diet

Smallville Season Eight: Look Who's In!

Seeded on Thu Jun 5, 2008 7:23 PM EDT (eonline.com)

It's official! The CW just confirmed to me that Justin Hartley (Green Arrow/Oliver Queen) has been locked in as a...wait for it...series regular for the upcoming eighth season!

entertainment, television, tv, the-cw, smallville

CSS: Simple Rules for Better Organization and More Efficiency

Seeded on Fri May 30, 2008 11:18 AM EDT (meiert.com)

"Organization is not everything, but without organization, everything is nothing," one of my teachers used to say, and right he is. Almost everything benefits from organization, and so does work with CSS—especially when working with many people...

technology, web-development, css, cascading-style-sheets, organization